Saint Helens, OR Family Help Cancer Patients Experience Twilight: Eclipse

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(Free-Press-Release.com) June 25, 2010 --

Friday June 25th Saint Helens, Oregon, home to some of the most iconic scenes in the movie Twilight, is also a place with compassion for others. Family owned and operated business, Experience Twilight, is celebrating the release of the third movie in the Twilight Saga: Eclipse and wants to make sure youths with cancer are able to join in the fun. To accomplish this Experience Twilight has teamed up with Oregon Cancer Ski Out, a 22 year old Oregon charity, to create a week long charity event to raise money for Oregon cancer charities. Fellow local businesses and people are getting on board to help these cancer patients have their own Twilight experience.

Fans can spend the week with other Twilight fans visiting the original movie locations, watching the new release of the Twilight Sage: Eclipse, win prizes and several other fun activities, but the fun doesn’t stop there! Now fans and businesses alike can give to those in need while doing something they love. Twilighters and others wishing to participate can sponsor a child for only $20 to the special 9am showing of Eclipse which includes FREE, fun Twilight SWAG, prizes, local cast member, giveaways and much more. For those able to give a little more, $50, a person or business can give the special Twihard Package. The Twihard package gives participants an exclusive tour that not only includes sites but a special behind the scenes understanding and look at the Twilight sets, filming, fan sites and real Forks & Quileute History and of course this package includes the a ticket to the movie as well!

The whole week long event is to support Oregon Cancer Ski Out. Festivities include:

June 29-July 4
Scavenger Hunt – Free, fun and family oriented activity for all ages with locations all over so that no matter where you live you can enjoy this experience. Scavenger hunt maps can be picked up at you neighborhood Taco Bell in the Portland Metro and Southwest Washington area or online at www.experiencetwilight.com/eclipse . Pick up your map, visit Twilight filming locations, then turn it in to Experience Twilight for prizes!

Wednesday June 30, 9am.

VIP Party – Come see Eclipse on opening day! Meet local cast, Get FREE Twilight SWAG, play Twilight trivia, win prizes and party with fellow Twilighters, and of course Eclipse. Cost is $20 per person

Saturday July 3 and Sunday July 4 at 11am and 4pm
Nationally known Quileute storyteller, Anita Wheeler will share traditional Quileute stories during special small group sessions. Cost is $10 per person

Saturday July 3 and Sunday July 4
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Fundraiser – Make a donation and get a refreshing vitaminwater XXX.

Sunday July 4
4th of July Party - Dinner on the private deck of the Dockside Restaurant, overlooking the Columbia River ending in a fantastic view of the fireworks; Cost is $35 per person.

For more information, visit www.experiencetwilight.com/eclipse/.

Jessica Kidd, a 20 year old college senior, runs the Experience Twilight storefront. She says, “Fans are really excited about the event. We have had people asking us about it since November of last year, right after the New Moon event. We wanted to create an opportunity for people all over the world to do something special. This is a little thing and yet it can make a huge difference in someone's life just by letting them know someone cares and is thinking of them.

This is a charity event for Oregon Cancer Ski Out. OCSO is a 501c3 non profit organization that has been conducting events and providing money for Oregon based cancer charities for 22 years. The charities sponsored by OCSO include: the Knight Cancer Center at Oregon Health Sciences University; Hospice Services in the Portland Metro area and the Columbia Gorge, Candlelighters of Oregon (Childhood cancer). All profit from the event will go directly to the charities sponsored by
OCSO. For more information about OCSO go to www.cancerskiout.org.

Background

Experience Twilight is a family owned and operated business. Katherine and Steven Kidd and their daughter Jessica all play an active roll in operations. They authored the Experience Twilight Tour Guide, which can be found on Amazon.com. They have recently expanded their EXPERIENCEtwilight.com business to include a Twilight merchandise store in St Helens, OR.

“Jessica and I are huge fans of Twilight. The movie made me fall in love with the Northwest all over again,” says Katherine. “We planned a mother daughter trip for Jessica’s birthday and went to see all the sites where Twilight was filmed.”

When researching the trip became time consuming and information was scattered, mother and daughter started blogging to share what they had found. Then the blog turned into a paper print booklet that people could take with them. Now they sell a printed and bound book on Amazon.com.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Steven Kidd

503-933-2749

steve@experiencetwilight.com

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